A Pocketful of Feelings

by Susie Barbaran

Overview

The purpose of this book is to allow children to become familiar with and to hopefully use in their everyday language many adjectives that describe feelings. Too many children, when they see the face of a character in a book, describe what that character may be feeling as good, happy, sad, or mad. I have taught Title 1 children from the first to the sixth grade for the past eleven years, and these are my findings. I also hope that parents and children alike, after reading this book, will come to realize that being annoyed can end happily, that someone who is teasing someone else will realize that all people are important, that its okay to be cranky once in a while, and that your cranky face probably is not as pretty as your happy face. This book, A Pocketful of Feelings, is a collection of six short stories featuring an adjective describing a feeling. These are adjectives that are not as commonly used as they could be. I hope you enjoy these stories as much as I do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781504987080
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	08/15/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
File size:	26 MB
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A Pocketful of Feelings

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By Susie Barbaran

AuthorHouse

Copyright © 2016 Susie Barbaran
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-5049-8707-3

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CHAPTER 1

"I am so excited!" said Emry. It was going to be his birthday in two days and his mom said he could have a party. Emry began to make a list of the things he wanted to do at his birthday party.

I want to play games, thought Emry. I think a pinata would be fun. I can't wait to whack it with my trunk and see what comes out. Emry started shaking with excitement. His little elephant hairs stood out straight from his back and his feet began to dance back and forth. His eyes got wide with excitement as he imagined the candies and toys bursting from the pinata. "I'm so excited!" said Emry.

Next I think it would be fun to blindfold my friends, make them turn around and have them play pin the tail on the tiger. Hee hee hee. Emry started shaking with excitement. His little elephant hairs stood out straight from his back and his feet began to dance back and forth. His eyes got wide with excitement as he imagined his friends trying to pin the tiger tail on the tiger. "I'm so excited!" said Emry.

Finally, he thought the best, most exciting game of all would be the dance-game. He would play his music, everyone would dance their best dance moves and whichever dancer danced the best would be the winner and win a prize! Ho, ho, ho. Emry started shaking with excitement. His little elephant hairs stood out straight from his back and his feet began to dance back and forth. His eyes got wide with excitement as he imagined everyone dancing their best and one of his friends winning the prize. "I'm so excited!" said Emry.

Finally the day came for Emry's birthday party. He was excited as he put on his best shorts and shirt. He was very excited as he put on his fuzzy cap. He always wore his fuzzy cap when he was excited, which was almost every day. He began to hum and pretty soon his "excited song" was being sung very loudly as he was putting on his fuzzy cap. It went like this:

Hee, hee, hee, ho, ho, ho, I feel so excited, I'm shaking now from head to toe, my feet are dancing, here we go, Hee, hee, hee, ho, ho, ho, I like to be excited. Its happier to be ike me when I am excited!

(Continues...)

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